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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 · Sec. 505

Sec. 505. TALENT MANAGEMENT AND PERSONNEL RETENTION FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES

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## SEC. 505 TALENT MANAGEMENT AND PERSONNEL RETENTION FOR MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES ###
(a)Authority for Officers to Opt-Out of Promotion Board Consideration ####
(1)Regular officers Section 619(e)(2)(A) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— #####
(A)by inserting “training,” after “Department,”; and #####
(B)by striking “assignment or education” and inserting “assignment, education, or training”. ####
(2)Reserve officers Section 14301(j)(2)(A) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— #####
(A)by inserting “training,” after “Department,”; and #####
(B)by striking “assignment or education” and inserting “assignment, education, or training”. ###
(b)Effect of Failure of Selection for Promotion for Certain Officers ####
(1)First lieutenants and lieutenants (junior grade) Section 631(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended— #####
(A)in paragraph (1), by striking “the President approves the report of the board which considered him for the second time” and inserting “the Secretary concerned releases the promotion results of the board which considered the officer for the second time to the public”; and #####
(B)in paragraph (2), by striking “the President approves the report of the board which considered him for the second time” and inserting “the Secretary concerned releases the promotion results of the board which considered the officer for the second time to the public”. ####
(2)Captains and majors of the Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps and lieutenants and lieutenant commanders of the Navy Section 632(a)(2) of such title is amended by striking “the President approves the report of the board which considered him for the second time” and inserting “the Secretary concerned releases the promotion results of the board which considered the officer for the second time to the public”. ####
(3)Regular Navy and regular Marine Corps officers designated for limited duty Section 8372 of such title is amended— #####
(A)in subsection (b), by striking “the President approves the report of the selection board in which the officer is considered as having failed of selection for promotion to the grade of commander or lieutenant colonel for the second time” and inserting “the Secretary concerned releases the promotion results of the board which considered the officer for the second time to the public”; #####
(B)in subsection (d), by striking “the President approves the report of the selection board in which the officer is considered as having failed of selection for promotion to the grade of lieutenant commander or major for the second time” and inserting “the Secretary concerned releases the promotion results of the board which considered the officer for the second time to the public”; and #####
(C)in subsection (e), by striking “the President approves the report of the selection board in which the officer is considered as having failed of selection for promotion to the grade of lieutenant or captain, respectively, for the second time” and inserting “the Secretary concerned releases the promotion results of the board which considered the officer for the second time to the public”. ####
(4)Reserve first lieutenants of the Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps and reserve lieutenants (junior grade) of the Navy Section 14504 of such title is amended— #####
(A)in subsection (a), by striking “the President approves the report of the board which considered the officer for the second time” and inserting “the Secretary concerned releases the promotion results of the board which considered the officer for the second time to the public”; and #####
(B)in subsection (b), by striking “President approves the report of the selection board which resulted in the second failure” and inserting “the Secretary concerned releases the promotion results of the board which considered the officer for the second time to the public”. ####
(5)Reserve captains of the Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps and reserve lieutenants of the Navy Section 14505 of such title is amended by striking “the President approves the report of the board which considered the officer for the second time” and inserting “the Secretary concerned releases the promotion results of the board which considered the officer for the second time to the public”. ####
(6)Reserve majors of the Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps and reserve lieutenant commanders of the Navy Section 14506 of such title is amended by striking “the President approves the report of the board which considered the officer for the second time” and inserting “the Secretary concerned releases the promotion results of the board which considered the officer for the second time to the public”.
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